Genealogy

whats a good website to find out about Ancestry for free?

i googled in Free Ancestry to find out about my families past but u have to pay for it, where can i go for free? i know theres one but not sure where…

Your public libraries will most likely have both Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest.com free for anyone to use while at the library and with a library card you should be able to use Heritage Quest at home.

Another free online resource is USGenWeb at http://www.usgenweb.org/ they have a page for each state and on the state page you will find links for the counties. Then there is Rootsweb at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/, a free site hosted by Ancestry.com where you can search for surnames and leave queries on the message boards. Additionally, there is the LDS/Mormon site, which has many free online records at http://www.familysearch.org/ . In addition to their online records, they have the Family History Centers where you can go to get help with research and look at microfilm and microfiche and they only charge if they have to order something for you or you need photocopies. Finally, if you need software to organize your genealogy data you can download their Personal Ancestral File [PAF] for free at http://www.familysearch.org/ .

Be sure to check each state that you need information from as many have their own projects, for example, the state of Missouri has a great website that has many free source documents online at http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/ and South Carolina has many free wills and other court documents at http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/search.aspx

Also, do not forget to check Cyndi’s List at > http://www.progenealogists.com/top50genealogy2009.htm
both of these sites have many links for both free and fee based sites but I believe most of the fee based ones are marked with a $.

I am certain I could list many more websites but these should keep you busy for a while and this list is rather comprehensive while being easy on the wallet, which is something everyone can appreciate these days.

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